Letters

Mrs. Cheryl Morgan is retiring as auditor for Lancaster County. I would like to thank her for her many years of service in that capacity. She served long and well and has certainly earned her time of retirement.
It is a comfort to know that Mrs. Susan Hunter Wallace is running for the position of auditor. She has been a county employee for the past 14 years and has served in the auditor's office the last six years as deputy auditor. I feel that she is well qualified and will oversee this position in an efficient and respectful manner if elected.

Editor’s note: At the beginning of primary campaign season, we offered candidates a chance to write one letter to the editor before the June 14 vote explaining why they should be elected. In the race for Lancaster County auditor, we ran a letter from Allen Blackmon June 1. Below are letters from the other two candidates in the race. This will be the last opinion page items on the local election before Tuesday’s voting.

The 2016 Before You Vote Candidates Forum on May 26 at Inspiration Ministries/Cross Ridge was a great success.
We want to thank all the Indian Land residents who took this opportunity to meet and listen to the candidates. I am sure they went home with new information to help them vote on June 14.
Rick Jiran, vice president of communications with Duke Power, was a fantastic moderator. Thank you and we want you back.
The Rev. David Bender of Faith Presbyterian Church, thank you for a moving invocation.

I have just come from the candidates forum in Indian Land. While it was very informative, all of the candidates with one exception were civil.
The man running against Congressman Mick Mulvaney decided his time was best suited to make personal attacks.
I do not appreciate this type of campaign.

My wife and I attended the “Before You Vote Candidate Forum” on May 26 to hear from all the primary candidates before we go to the polls on June 14.
What I took away from that forum is there are some excellent candidates running for the county council District 1 and the county auditor positions. Any one of those candidates could do a fine job for the citizens of Indian Land and Van Wyck areas.

Lancaster County is fortunate to have Allen Blackmon as a candidate for county auditor.
I had the privilege to work directly and indirectly for him for over 20 years. During that time, I observed Allen treat his employees and taxpayers fairly and compassionately.
He always tried to help anyone in need. He would come in early or stay late to make sure all tasks were handled.

Editor’s note: The writer is a candidate for Lancaster County Council District 1.

The county wants to send you another tax bill.
SMS4 is a federal program to protect the nation’s drinking water being run by the Environmental Protection Agency. In South Carolina the program is administered by the Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC).

This letter is about amusement park rides.
A lot of people are being killed or maimed across this country. I would like to tell you about an experience a friend and I had at the Lancaster fairgrounds.
We were 16 or 17 years old and got on a ride called the Rocket. As we were going round and around, the man stopped the ride. The bolt in the middle was coming loose. I asked what would have happened if it had come all the way loose. He replied, “Y’all would have been uptown. It would have flown apart.”

I totally agree with Dr. Steve Stewart’s May 18 column concerning President Obama’s disregard of the Constitution.
His threat to withhold federal funds to public schools under Title IX is absolutely ludicrous. There is no discrimination based on sex when someone is born male or female and wants to be identified as the opposite sex only based on how they feel in their own mind.
The human race is composed of only two sexes: male or female. Hopefully this executive action will be overturned by the judicial system.